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| DOE Municipal Consortium to incorporate Cree LED City program 30 Sep |
| The DOE’s Municipal Solid-State Street Lighting Consortium is taking over guidance responsibility for US members of Cree’s LED City program, as both groups seek to accelerate the adoption of SSL in outdoor-lighting applications. |
| Lighting for Tomorrow recognizes 2010 competition winners 28 Sep |
| At the 2010 American Lighting Association conference in Las Vegas, NV, the Lighting for Tomorrow competition announced competition winners in SSL luminaire, LED replacement lamps, and lighting control categories. |
| Seoul Acriche LEDs light Oak Ridge ZEBRAlliance house 24 Sep |
| The DOE's Oak Ridge National Laboratory held a ribbon cutting to celebrate completion of four energy efficient homes constructed under the ZEBRAlliance project and Seoul Semiconductor announced that its Acriche LEDs were used in SSL throughout one of the homes. |
| LED manufacturers Toyoda Gosei and Epistar form joint venture 24 Sep |
| The two LED manufacturers, together with a sales agent, have formed a new company, TE Opto, which will develop and manufacture LEDs in Taiwan. |
| Market adoption of LED lighting addressed at SIL Europe conference 22 Sep |
| The strategies and technologies that will lead to the wider adoption of LED-based solid-state lighting will be extensively discussed at next week’s Strategies in Light Europe conference. |
| LEDiscovery and Light Canada turn on the lights in Canada 22 Sep |
| Solid-state lighting is at the forefront of two events in Toronto this week. |
| Street lighting and LEDs are key areas of focus at SALC 22 Sep |
| Outdoor LED lighting will be at the forefront of discussions at next week’s Street and Area Lighting Conference in California, writes Brian Owen. |
| LED Industry News: Cree, ilumisys, Bridgelux 21 Sep |
| Cree is to build a new 150-mm LED wafer production line, ilumysis is to move to a new facility in Michigan, and Bridgelux is expanding its workforce in Livermore, California. |
| Best Buy installs LED replacement lamps from CRS Electronics 21 Sep |
| The retailer will install 35,000 MR16 LED lamps at various locations. |
| Outdoor Lighting: DePaul deploys Sunovia LED parking area lights 21 Sep |
| An LED-based SSL installation in a DePaul University parking garage will generate 60% energy savings, while cities in Michigan, Wyoming, and North Carolina announce LED street light projects. |
| LED lighting at forefront of Osram Sylvania commercial lighting survey 20 Sep |
| A major survey of lighting designers and facility professionals shows that nearly three quarters are currently using or planning to implement LEDs. |
| McGill University students develop LED luminaires with Future's help 20 Sep |
| Future Electronics collaborated with McGill University students on four renewable-energy products including 2 LED-based SSL projects supported by Future Lighting Solutions. |
| LED lighting features strongly in Philips’ strategic vision 17 Sep |
| LED-based solid-state lighting will account for around half of the EUR 80 billion general-illumination market in 2015, according to Philips. |
| White paper on outdoor lighting issues and quality lighting applications published by NEMA 16 Sep |
| The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) has published a white paper, LSD 11-2010, covering outdoor lighting issues. |
| Nichia files LED patent complaints, reaches agreement 16 Sep |
| Nichia has filed complaints in the US and Japan that it has accused of using its LED-related patents. |
| LED chip makers Epistar and Toyoda Gosei sign cross-license deal 16 Sep |
| Two LED manufacturers have signed a patent cross-licensing deal relating to InGaN-based and AlGaInP-based LEDs. |
| Daintree announces lighting-control platform and first partnership 14 Sep |
| Daintree Networks launches the ControlScope lighting control platform for SSL and other energy-efficient lighting options and partners with Easylite. |
| LED Industry News: Permlight, ProPhotonix, Arima, Long De Xin 14 Sep |
| Permlight has secured new financing, ProPhotonix plans to list its shares on the AIM market, Arima is opening a new facility in China, and Long De Xin has ordered more MOCVD systems. |
| DOE awards seven SBIR/STTR grants for SSL technology
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| Companies will receive funding to support the development of drivers for photonic-lattice LEDs, PCBs with improved thermal management, and off-grid LED lighting for agriculture, as well as several OLED projects. |
| Outdoor Lighting: Parking garages get LEDs, Pittsburgh accelerates project 13 Sep |
| LED-based SSL will deliver significant energy savings in new parking-garage installations, while more municipalities announce LED street-light projects, and companies take novel approaches to SSL-based outdoor light designs. |
| Bayer develops thinner polycarbonate for LED lenses 13 Sep |
| Makrolon FR7067 polycarbonate plastic achieves UL flame retardant requirements in 1.5-mm-thick LED lenses that offer near 90% light transmission. |
| LED manufacturer Osram Opto Semiconductors appoints new chief executive 10 Sep |
| Aldo Kamper will succeed Rüdiger Müller as president and CEO of Osram Opto Semiconductors on October 1, 2010. |
| Lighting Systems Index indicates a slump in lighting sales 09 Sep |
| A composite index measuring sales of lighting products from companies in the United States shows a fall of 0.3% between the first and second quarters of 2010. |
| FTC sues Lights of America over deceptive claims for LED lamps 09 Sep |
| Lights of America, Inc. has overstated the light output and life expectancy of its LED lamps on packages and in marketing materials, according to a complaint filed by the Federal Trade Commission. |
| Philips demonstrates mains-powered white-light OLED module 08 Sep |
| An AC-driven OLED could open the door to a simplified system design without the need for a driver, which in turn could offer advantages for OLED luminaire makers. |
| All-plastic LED lamp targets outdoor illumination 07 Sep |
| Iwasaki Electric and Teijin have developed what they describe as the world’s first all-plastic LED lamp for outdoor use. The entire housing, except of course the bayonet cap, is made from a high-thermal-conductivity resin. |
| Neo-Neon orders additional MOCVD systems for LED production 07 Sep |
| Vertically-integrated LED and lighting manufacturer Neo-Neon International Ltd as ordered more systems to boost its production capacity at its China facility. |
| Nichia claims record efficacy for 1A operation 06 Sep |
| Electrical and optical optimization both figure highly in Nichia's 135 lm/W design. Epistar has also reported impressive chip results. |
| Everlight LED technology lights up Burger King restaurants 02 Sep |
| A Burger King restaurant in Germany has adopted energy-efficient LED lighting from Everlight Electronics, for use in parking lots and for indoor applications. |
